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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Cocktail Avocado Tree?
« on: June 15, 2025, 02:25:58 PM »
I am in SoCal and avocado trees are all over the place and for some reason I was never really interested in growing and have just focused on Mango trees. But I grew an avocado tree from seed and practiced bud grafting on it, first I put Fuerte on it that I gathered from a tree in Bakersfield, and then I put Reed on the fuerte. I topped the tree above the reed graft thinking to released the tree from ver to just Reed because I’ve heard good things about Reed and being able to maintain it relatively small.
But reading up on the two they seem like they would be pretty compatible trees and keep extended season so I’m wondering if it’s worth raising both varieties on the tree for my only avocado tree. I haven’t seen avocado trees offered as multigrafts before, and it seems grove practice is not to multigrafts trees for A and B but to instead plant one Fuerte (B Type) for every X number of Hass.
Is a multigraft for home a productive viable approach for home garden, or is the tree way less productive because it is producing fruit for the extended seasons?
I know there are enough avocados in my neighborhood I could probably switch up ver to just Reed and be alright, but the thought of of Avocados throughout the year on one tree is pretty nice.
Thanks!
But reading up on the two they seem like they would be pretty compatible trees and keep extended season so I’m wondering if it’s worth raising both varieties on the tree for my only avocado tree. I haven’t seen avocado trees offered as multigrafts before, and it seems grove practice is not to multigrafts trees for A and B but to instead plant one Fuerte (B Type) for every X number of Hass.
Is a multigraft for home a productive viable approach for home garden, or is the tree way less productive because it is producing fruit for the extended seasons?
I know there are enough avocados in my neighborhood I could probably switch up ver to just Reed and be alright, but the thought of of Avocados throughout the year on one tree is pretty nice.
Thanks!